Liz,
I agree with Tigi loh
after I accept the fact that eating all the right things and doing all the right exercises does not necessarily mean BFP, I am still doing them for myself and my hubby so that he can have a healthy and fit wife. Eat well for yourself and yourself only (and your hubby too of course if it makes you happy to think like that) k Liz, k k
Lyn,
Yes, sister, of course I have bad days too, so you are prefectly normal and not crazy I assure you. After all these while, I can identify when they happen: whenever blackhearted individuals (that woman and my BIL) use their kids on purpose to insult me and want to make me feel beaten. As well as some important dates. I can anticipate when I am going to encounter these people and the dates so I will try and think of coping mechanisms before hand, for example, try not to talk to BIL at all when visiting on same day. Such mechanisms will serve to lighten the pain but not totally eliminate them. On melancholic days, there will still be a lot of mixed feelings such as "if I have a kid, I will have a complete family and not subject to such insults and sadness", "how I wish I can bring my kid and dress her up for cny", "how I wish my hb can play with our child like any other fathers out there and he will not have empty arms" and many more "how I wish..". Its normal to have such voices and they will still creep back every now and then to make me sad and make me want to seek justice with the upper forces why is it that me and hubby I have only done good in our lifes but have to face with infertility which is like death in many ways.
But I try not to let such voices dominate for the day. I will eventually replace these thoughts with "if life is already so cruel, all the more I cannot be cruel to myself and hubby and dwell in self-pity and anger", "I still want to be good and kind and not cynical even if life is not smooth" and the chinese phrase of "sui2 yuan2" (fate will take care of us) and zen living. Over time the occurence of the "I wish" thoughts are less and less and the forward looking thoughts become more permanent residents. When it happens, you feel liberated and being set free, its a great feelling...set free from the expectation that society, our friends, and most importantly, we set on ourselves. And given that you are a smart and determined girl, I am sure its a matter of time before set yourself free, before the baby comes to you, you can also be happy one..
But don't rush, do it at the pace you are happy with, when you had a bad day, come here and vent, just like I will be expecting mine next week and I will come here and vent our to you all...heheeee..
Lyn, actually immediately after my failed cycle, I know I am in for a tough period. So the first thing I did was go to buy a piece of chinese calligraphy that says "sui2 yuan2" and put it in a zen corner in my house. So whenever I walk past the that corner and see that, I feel peace and tranquility. So yes sister, I do face lots of ups and downs and you are very normal and far from crazy in every sense.
Another point I want to tell you is that I personally believe its important and good to make friends like ourselves who have gone through (some are still going through) fertiliity challenge because I know that although I have different friends from school, work, even if I would to have my own kid in future, I still want to keep my friends whom I know during this journey because its an important piece of puzzle in this life and nothing can wipe what we have gone through away. I got to know a very nice girl from this forum who had gone through many struggles and now is the happy mother of two and I know if I would to tell her how I feel, she can identify a lot with these feelings. Even until today, she has not forgotten about me and still writes to me. She is someone I will keep in my heart and keep in touch too. S, I would like to dedicate this greeting to you. And so far, I am also very grateful to have known you all who are good people who provide warmth and friendship. And I am grateful to the internet too. I cannot imagine what it will be like to go through all these like our ancestors with suffer in silence.
Yeah, yeah, don't know if its because its close to cny, my mil also more sensitive now loh. Atlhough she has not reached the stage of asking me outright. I fully understand your frustrations when you FIL is so probing. There is a chinese saying that says, "The mute one has eaten something so bitter but yet he has not the ability to tell someone". Here we are, having tried so hard and yet everyone thinks we are not trying hard enough or too selfish to try. And if we tell them, it will only serve to open up another can of worms, more questioning and doubts. When I get doubts from my ILs about not trying, I cope now by having this inner voice to tell myself to be strong and proud as I have a clear conscience and have tried. But I do not exclude the possibility that if one day my MIL gets too impatient, I might tell her about the ivf as she is quite a sympathetic woman by heart. But you must know your FIL, if he is the same type, you can consider telling him. But if you think it will open a can of worms of blame and doubt, don't tell him. Just keep telling yourself that your conscience is clear k.
Your bad day over? Today brighter?
I hope it is
jiayou..
Rostrum
I am happy to hear that you are full of spirit again. That is the way dear..heheee....Work hard and eat well...put in your best in everything. Too bad I am also a employee, imagine if I am a boss, I will sure promote you one..heheee..you sound like the dream employee..
Thanks for the link, I will read it.
Tigi,
You consider manuka honey with lemon? Manuka honey is a bit liang but you can buy those small bottle for this cough season. Will help to soothe and slowly kill the strep A that might have caused the flu.
Gan, Lyn,
Wah, you all went manicure..so envy...nowadays my nails are the short short type, very ugly type, I have not done manicure for a long time because starting to do spring cleaning at home...so envy envy